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Chicago, 1950. An S&M supermodel, a visionary mafioso; a dying editress of pulp fiction, a legendary horror novelist; a screenwriter stuck in a war zone, a crippled stunt woman; a McCarthy blacklisted cinematographer-turned-pornographer; two warring godfathers; and a heap of Nazi gold. ... read more

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The sun came up over the sea and washed Manhattan clean; pushing inland, tinting pinks and golds into billowing white clouds above New Jersey smokestacks, sweeping light across Pennsylvania, Ohio, flowing up the seaward side of hills and pooling in the valleys beyond.

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  1. Matthew Branton (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
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Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0747542775
Page Count: 249

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  1. 1950s
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